Flying-machine.



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FLYING MACHINE.'

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Patented July 16, 1912.

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FLYING MACHINE.

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Patented July 16, 1912.

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JOI-IN CASAP, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FLYING-MACHINE.

1,032,812. Specicatioll 0f Letters Patent Patented July 16, 1912.

Application led October 4, 1911.

Serial No. 652,690.

To all lwhom it may concern: otal point of the plane so that no slack is Be it known that I, JOHN CAsAP, a citipermitted. The chain is operated by means zen of the United States, and 'resident of of the hand wheel 25, located immediately New York, in the county of New York and in front of the seat 26, and at the lower end 60 State of New York, have invented certain of the shaft 27 which carries the hand wheel new and useful Improvements in Flyingis a beveled gear 28 meshing with the pin- Machines, of which the following is a speciions 29 and 30, t-he former connected by cation. means of a chain 31 with a sprocket wheel This invention relates to flying machines 32 coupled with the wheel 23 which carries 55 and its object is to provide a plane easily and operates the chain 22. By turning the deflected but of such construction as to readhand wheel 25 the operator may drive the ily cleave the air and provide buoyancy for chain 22 in either direction and tip the plane a platform or float. as may be desired in order to force the ma- Other means are provided in the invenchine up or down while in the air. 70 tion for adjusting the plane, steering the The machine is driven by means of prodevice and properly operating the motor for pellers 33, located at each side of the frame driving the fans as will be more fully de- 10 and adapted to rotate on the side braces scribed in the following specification, set 34. Each propeller is provided with a forth in the claims and illustrated in the sprocket wheel 35 which are both connected 75 drawings, wherein, by means of chains 36 with wheels 37 se- Figure 1 is a side elevation of an air ship cured to the shaft 38 by means of the clutch constructed in accordance with this inven- 39 operated from the front o-f the machine tion. Fig. 2 is a front view of same. Fig. by means of the lever 40 at one side of the 3 is a plan view with the plane removed. seat 26 and which throws the lever 41 of the 80 Fig. 4 is a detail view. clutch by means of a link 42.

The device comprises a frame 10 of pip- The engine 43 may be of any desired type ing or any desirable like material with the and be provided with the fly wheel 44 which necessary cross bracing 11, and in the upper may be also used to start the motor. The end of the frame are bearings 12 in which motor shaft 38 is j ournaled on a platform 45 85 is journaled a bar 13 forming the main at the rear end of which is a tank 46 for the brace of the plane 14. This plane is adapted fuel. to tip at front or rear while swinging in the At each side of the frame 10 and to the journaled bearings and the bar 13 is at suitforward bars is hinged side rudders 47 which able points provided with springs 15 to preare operated by means of laterally swinging 90 vent too sudden movement which might othlevers 48 beside the operators seat. These erwise jar the device or permit of rapid levers are connected with the lower frame of movements which would cause the loss of the rudder by means of links 49 and may be control in emergencies. quickly thrown in or out as the case may The frame upon which the plane is built demand. 95 is dished so as to form a convex structure In order to prevent the movement of the and is made up of suit-able bars and braces plane by high winds or by accident, brakes 16 to provide a substantial structure. It is or pawls 50 are supplied and engage ratchet also provided with a vertical bar 17 on wheels 51 on shafts 30 which carry the pinwhich is hinged a rudder 18 controlled by ion 52 and the pinion 29 so as to lock the 100 the arms 19 and cords 20 attached at their sprocket wheel 32 and prevent movement of lower ends to a cross bar 21 and within the wheel 23 and the chain 22. reach of the operator so that by pulling one To each side of the plane is a guy rope 53 or the other of the cords, the rudder may to brace the plane, and the frame is also be turned to one side or the other, the cross provided with diagonal braces 54 to 105 arms 19 being pivoted near the bar 13 so strengthen same. that there is little or no slack in the cords 20 A brake 55 may also be provided having a when the plane is tipped. band to encircle the brake wheel 56 on the The plane 14 is operated by means of a forward axle 57, wheels 58 being provided to chain 22 which is attached to the plane at move the lnachine while on the surface. 110 front and rear and passes over pulleys 23 HThese wheels .and their axles are provided then upward over a pulley 24 near the pivwith springs 59 in order to provide flexibility while the machine is being moved along the surface.

It is obvious that other arrangements of the parts may be provided for andmodiications made if necessary without departing from the essential features above described.

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,-

1. In a flying machine, the combination with a platform mounted on wheels, of a frame rising from the platform, substantially vertical steering planes consisting of frames covered with fabric and hinged at the outside of the frame, a convex wire structure covering the entire frame and platform, pivots securing the structure to the upper end of the frame, a chain connected at each end of the structure, pulleys carrying the chain, means for locking one of the pulleys, means for turning the pulley, and propellers with motors for moving the machine.

2. In a fiying machine, the combination with a frame, of a seat on a platform, a convex plane made up of rods and covering and hinged on the frame, a chain connected with the front and rear of the plane and passing over sprocket wheels near the platform, a hand wheel in front of the seat, pinions operated by same and adapted to move one of the sprocket wheels with the chain to tip the plane, means for locking the pinions, propellers at the sides of the frame, a motor on the platform to operate the propellers, steering planes hinged on the outside of the frame, means for operating the steering planes, and a rudder at the top of the frame.

3. In a flying machine, the combination with a platform mounted on wheels, of a frame rising from the platform, substantially vertical steering planes consisting of frames covered with fabric and hinged to the main frame, a convex metal frame structure covering the platform and frames, pivots for the structure and working in the main frame, springs carried by the convex structure and operating on the main frame to ease the tilt ing of the structure, chains attached to the front and rear of the structure, a hand wheel for operating the chains, sprocket wheels for carrying same, side rudders on the frame, v

JOI-IN CASAP.

Witnesses MIHALY BOBOVNIK, JULIUs BLAsnnsxY.

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